For the second night running, the New Orleans Pelicans were routed on the road on Wednesday, falling to the Nets 139-111.
A back-and-forth first quarter saw the two teams swap leads and the advantage never reach larger than six points. However, after Brooklyn took the lead at the 6:38 mark of the first quarter, they would never relent. The advantage grew to midway through the fourth and then exploded in the second half.
Three Pelicans finished in double figures before garbage time with Eric Bledsoe leading the way at 26 points. Zion Williamson and Lonzo Ball had 16 and 15 points, respectively.
For Brooklyn, Kyrie Irving had 24 and LaMarcus Aldridge 22 as the Nets shot 18-for-38 from the 3-point line.